DarkZero could actually be getting franchising

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I wouldn’t be shocked. They’ve recently won the Major in Siege and the ALGS, they’ve been in Valorant for a somewhat long time, they make content, they presumably have good financials given they keep a high tier 2 Valorant team. Riot could be open to new brands in their league, what do you think?

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nah shit org

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who are you placing them over then?

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Yeetus

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Faze, NRG, V1, Guard(?), Knights, Ghost, Soniqs, Complexity

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Ghosts, Soniqs, Complexity I could agree, I just don't see them over the other ones, and even if I did I still don't see them top 6/7 candidates

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Soniqs have owned DZ in siege for years now, and they have recently won PUBG major with the best PUBG team itw, i dont see how DZ would be over Soniqs

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old soniqs R6 is less important than current darkzero R6, Apex > PUBG , pretty ez

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your r6 point makes no sense, SQ qualified to the berlin major in august while DZ couldnt even qualify for that https://liquipedia.net/rainbowsix/North_American_League/2022/Stage_2
DZ winning mickey mouse charlotte major doesnt mean anything
SQ R6 > DZ R6
i can agree with Apex > PUBG though
downvote me because im right?? average vlr convo

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yeah idk anything about r6 beside dz won the last major. soniqs won't win this one anyways tho zzzzzzz

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HackNaija

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hate to break it to you but DZ didnt even make SI last year, which is the Champions of R6, while SQ did. sq>dz

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nutab1e

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has soniqs won majors? I legit am clueless

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nah, im just on copium rn

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Faze small indie org

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complexity has been absolutely horrible in valorant, and i don't think the Oceanic team of Soniqs will get it

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it flew under the radar but people don't realize that they bought the coach from G2 who was there when they were actually good. They've invested into this.

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you've got to be joking

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mods merge threads pls

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I would be pretty shocked. This means one of the big NA orgs didn’t make the cut. I think results in valorant and other riot related titles mean more for Riot than other games. Finance is also a huge bonus, which I don’t think DZ has (correct me if I’m wrong). Other orgs just have more money compared to DZ.

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dz cofounder is a texas oil guy, they have big money behind them LMAO

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hiyo

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yeah dz cofounder/secret investor has crazy money

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iKyoto is defending DarkZero it's basically confirmed at this point guys you can all go home. Excited for their future in the North American league.

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haha i love dz but i have nothing on na franchising yet

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Yeetus

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anything on KR franchising?

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nothing i can say publicly but apac yes

global esports is the only indian org that can possibly make it

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Nothing you can say publicly?? Do you actually work for a team or riot??

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hiyo

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he's reporter and insider

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drx are competing for 1/3 or 4 slots for korea

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They haven’t worked their fanbase in Valorant at all tho. And I truly thing that’s one of the main things for Riot, so doesn’t happen like in LOL where there are teams with basically no fans

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Riot would be scraping the bottom of the barrel to bring in DarkZero, they have virtually no fanbase in valorant other than people who are really serious about the T2 NA scene, and that would mean kicking out a bigger org with more of a fanbase in valorant like SEN, 100T, NRG, XSET, FAZE, TGRD, or C9, and I'm willing to bet that other T2 teams like T1, Knights or GenG get in over DZ

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I mean current fan base won’t matter too much if they get a slot. Players will join the teams with slots, so DZ can get some popular players.

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Yeetus

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and in my opinion, their branding is quite good and people would hop on the DZ hype train pretty fast if they got franchised

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SeulgiVLR

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dz branding is insane and ive seen people call it one of the best in esports, which it is

plus, dz has some amazing talent scouting: in two months they won two international competitions in two seperate titles; r6 and apex and they could definitely make waves in val

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still what exactly have DZ done to differentiate themselves from any T1 or T2 team in NA for franchising. They don't have the brand name that Optic, NRG, 100 Thieves, GenG or T1 have, they don't have international success the way Optic and Sentinels have ( or had lol), they haven't even appeared in the main event for NA challengers, and teams like Knights and T1 have hosted events to support the T2 scene. I just don't see a world where riot sees DZ as a viable contender for the slot

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:D

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they have fortnite player + godburten

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Hahahaha lol no

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boy have i got some sad news for you

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bro i think they made it

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esney

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really?????????????????

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Ange

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darkzero confirmed franchising

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LMAO